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Zhuge Liang, also known as Kong Ming, was born in Yang Du (now yinan county, Linyi City) and Wolong (also known as Long Fu), an outstanding politician, strategist, inventor and writer in the Three Kingdoms period. When he was alive, he was named marquis of Wuxiang, and after his death, he pursued loyalty to marquis of Wuxiang. Later, the Eastern Jin regime praised Zhuge Liang's military ability and named him King Wuxing. Zhuge Liang devoted himself to the Shu-Han regime until he died. His representative works include Before the Teacher, After the Teacher, and The Book of Commandments. He once invented the wooden ox and the flowing horse, and transformed the crossbow, which can make ten arrows with one crossbow. Zhuge Liang was highly respected in later generations, becoming a model of loyal ministers and the embodiment of wisdom. Chengdu has Wuhou Temple, and Du Fu praised Zhuge Liang's masterpiece Shu Xiang.